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Workingmen of All Countries, Unite! 1848 – 1900
The ideas that attracted these Russians came mostly from a man named Karl Marx. Marx was born in Germany in
Blood on the Snow 1855 – 1905
IT WAS a Sunday in January of 1905 and snow lay on the ground and rooftops of St. Petersburg, the
After the Peace of Paris 1919 – 1920
DURING THE war, three great empires — the Russian, the Austro-Hungarian and the German –had vanished forever. Then, by the
Early Civilizations to Modern Age
Totalitarianism Versus Democracy
AS THE 1930’s drew to a close, only eight countries in Europe, besides Great Britain and France, were still democracies.
“My Name Will Stand Forever” 1933 – 1938
Adolf Hitler, stood above the German town of Berchtesgaden, in a large, imposing house in the mountains and stared out
Victory in Europe 1941 – 1945
Even before Pearl Harbour, there had been cooperation between the United States and Britain. In August of 1941, President Roosevelt
Distant Past and New Challenges
Milestones of History
Sung Dynasty, Golden Age of Artistic Achievement (955-982 A. D.)
The birth of Hungary The battle of the Lechfeld, which was so important to Western Europe, had an equally profound
Norsemen and Vikings (982 A. D.)
Norsemen or Vikings – Danes, Norwegians and Swedes — were terrorizing the greater part of Europe, over a thousand years
Hugh Capet (982 – 1066 A. D.)
Hugh Capet was coronated in 987 and with that, began the French dominance of Europe. During the eleventh century, a
